百日の説法屁一つ

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ひゃく
Grade: 1
にち
Grade: 1
せつ > せっ
Grade: 4
ほう > ぽう
Grade: 4

Hyōgaiji
ひと
Grade: 1
Alternative spelling
百日の說法屁一つ (kyūjitai)

Proverb[edit]

(ひゃく)(にち)(せっ)(ぽう)()(ひと) (hyaku nichi no seppō he hitotsu

  1. “a hundred days of sermonizing, one fart” → a metaphor for how something that one has put great effort into can come to nothing after even a slight mistake, much as a hundred days of serious spiritual study can be lost to the winds